By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library If you’ve been in close proximity to the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft recently, you’ve seen the large white tent outside.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — More than a dozen COVID-19 vaccination sites in Maine will offer doses without appointments next week in a rapid and marked shift from scarce doses and few appointments to little issue getting a shot as the vaccine effort continues.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Retired Educators met April 27 at the home of President Rheba Michaud with 12 members attending.

GREENVILLE — Well-known balladeer Anni Clark is no stranger to Moosehead Lake.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts in Dover-Foxcroft is holding a fundraising event in early May to benefit area Neonatal Intensive Care Units and the Theatre’s children’s summer drama camps.

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, the state branch for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has released its 2020 annual report to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.

GUILFORD — The Guilford United Methodist Church has a community garden.

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ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners on garden preparation to deter weeds from 6–7:15 p.

Blood donation centers locally and nationwide are experiencing a decline in blood collection, some seeing the lowest donor turnout in more than a year.

By David Marino Jr.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Star Herald Staff Maine’s domestic violence homicides account for nearly half of all homicides in the state, a number that has remained about the same for the past two decades.

MEA-Retired (Maine Educators Association-Retired) will hold its annual meeting by Zoom meeting from 9:30 a.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

Composite photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School DEXTER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the March Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

A Maine-based software company, whose founder Dan Smith lives in Dover-Foxcroft, is looking to get off the ground and take its technology to Silicon Valley.